User guide

24 Getting Started
Once you click OK you won't be able to undo your adjustments—it's
therefore recommended to spend time "developing" your image
correctly before exiting Raw Studio.
Once you've exited Raw Studio you'll enter the usual PhotoPlus user interface.
As for any other file format you can then optionally add text, lines, shapes, and
apply some creative filter effects (not all effects are available in 16 bits/channel
mode). On saving (File>Save or File>Save As...), you'll be prompted to save
your work as a PhotoPlus picture (.SPP) only. Typically most users would then
export to a 16-bit file format such as .tif or .hdp.
To adjust a raw image:
1. Open a raw file by using Open on the Standard toolbar. (see Starting
from scratch on p. 18). If opening multiple raw files, once you've adjusted
an image, Raw Studio will load the next image automatically until all files
are loaded.
Open raw images previously copied to your computer, rather than
directly from your camera's memory card (e.g., SD).
2. From Raw Studio, adopt the program's, camera's or a custom white balance.
Auto: White balance calculated automatically by PhotoPlus. The
camera's white balance setting is ignored.
Camera: The camera's manual or automatic white balance setting is
used. PhotoPlus is not used to set white balance.
Custom: Click Color Selector then hover over a neutral color on
the screen to calculate the white balance manually. Typically, a
subject's white shirt or blue sky can be clicked on as the neutral
"reference" point.
3. Drag the Exposure slider left or right to make the image darker or lighter.
The values are equivalent to your camera's f-stop settings, i.e. a value of 1 =
1 f-stop.
When increasing the Exposure value, use the histogram to check that
your highlights aren't clipped (i.e., when the graph disappears abruptly
off the right-hand edge of the histogram).